UP THEIR GRILLS THIS TIME OF YEAR. BUT MORE OUTDOOR COOKING.. INCREASES THE DANGER OF FOOD- BORNE ILLNESS. PATRICK PAOLANTONIO SHOWS HOW YOU CAN MAKE SURE YOU DON'T GET SICK THIS HOLIDAY. SOUND OF BACON SIZZLING ON GRILL IT'S THE SIZZLE, ON SHORE. BEFORE, THE SIZZLE IN THE SKY. CAMPERS AT THE LAKEFRONT, FOR MILWAUKEE'S FIREWORKS SHOW COME WITH TENTS, AND TABLES. AND LOTS OF FOOD. MARSHALL DUKE/GRILLING BY LAKE WE USING TWO DIFFERENT GRILLS. CAUSE WE ARE DOING PORK AND CHICKEN AND HAMBURGERS. MARSHALL DUKE IS PLAYING IT SAFE TO AVOID CROSS CONTAMINATION. AND SO IS BRIAN KLABUNDE . BRIAN KLABUNDE/GRILLING BY LAKE MAKE SURE YOU'RE USING CLEAN HANDS AND UTENSILS, KNIVES AND UH, KEEP THE MEAT REFRIGERATED OR ON ICE AS I HAVE HERE. HE BROUGHT WITH HIM, A FOOD COOLER AND A DRINK COOLER. WITH SUMMER HERE, BARBECUES AND PICNICS, SUE PERRY FROM SHOPSMART MAGAZINE RECOMMENDS, TWO COOLERS- ONE FOR BEVERAGES, THE OTHER FOR PERISHABLE FOOD. AND SAYS THE FOOD COOLER SHOULD BE PACKED THE RIGHT WAY. SUE PERRY/SHOPSMART IF YOU'RE BRINGING RAW MEAT LIKE THE BURGER PATTIES ALREADY MADE UP OR CHICKEN THAT'S SITTING IN MARINADE OR WHATEVER, MAKE SURE THAT MEAT IS REALLY WELL WRAPPED AND PUT IT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COOLER BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT THE MEAT DRIPPING ON YOUR OTHER FOOD. YOU RISK CROSS CONTAMINATION BY DOING THAT. 8:56 SINCE CROSS CONTAMINATION CAN HAPPEN IN THE KITCHEN AS YOU'RE PREPPING, PERRY SAYS WASH HANDS BETWEEN JOBS, EVERY TIME YOU TOUCH NEW FOOD. AND WASH ALL FRUIT, INCLUDING MELONS. SUE PERRY/SHOPSMART SUE PERRY/SHOPSMART BACTERIA AND ORGANISMS THAT CAN CAUSE FOOD BORNE ILLNESSES CAN SIT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THOSE RINDS, SO WHEN YOU SLICE INTO IT TO MAKE YOUR FRUIT SALAD OR TO PUT OUT SOME SLICES OF WATERMELON LETS SAY, YOU COULD BE INTRODUCING PROBLEMS. PROBLEMS, THAT COULD PUT A DAMPER ON YOUR DAY. IN MILWAUKEE. PATRICK PAOLANTONIO. W-I-S-N, 12 NEWS. AND OK -- YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY HAERD THIS BUT, IT BEARS REPEATING: COOK WITH A MEAT THERMOMETER- DON'T GUESS ON THE COOKING TIMES. DON'T PUT COOKED MEAT ON THE PLATE YOU USED FOR RAW MEAT. AND, ANYTHING THAT'S MEANT TO BE SERVED COLD, LIKE SALADS, SERVE IT ON ICE.